Playing is not coaching: why so many sporting greats struggle as coaches
- Written by Steven Rynne, Senior Lecturer, Sports Coaching; Affiliate, UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, The University of Queensland
Tennis player Andy Murray employs former great Ivan Lendl as his coach.Reuters/Thomas PeterIn top-level sport, success is the overwhelming criterion for judging coaches. In professional sport, team owners, directors and fans clearly value the product (winning) greater than the process (performance).
Former elite players who become coaches are able...






